Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

Wang Shuqiong: "Aru, you've put your heart into this. It must have been hard work to collect these one by one!"

Yuan Wenjie: "Of course it wasn't easy. She was obsessed. Whenever she heard that someone had found a pearl, she would go and buy it from them."

Su Jinru smiled without saying anything; Yuan Wenjie's words were a bit exaggerated.

At first, Su Jinru did indeed run to see who had found pearls in oyster shells, looking quite envious.

So later, Yuan Wenjie specially sent people to collect a lot of clam shells, crack them open to see if there were any pearls, and then gave them to Su Jinru.

So Su Jinru didn't have to spend much effort searching and collected enough beads for four pearl bracelets.

Su Jinru planned to give the other two strings of flowers to her mother and sister.

Su Jinru herself, however, did not like wearing these jewelry pieces.

Anxin didn't like it either; she kept wearing the red bean gift her father had given her the first time.

Su Jinru then took out three more red envelopes and gave them to the three children of her eldest and second eldest brothers.

Su Jinru explained, "Tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve, so this is considered giving out lucky money in advance."

Luo Xingguo curiously opened the red envelope and took a look.

"Ten yuan!" he exclaimed excitedly.

In previous years, my grandparents and parents would only give me five yuan as New Year's money, but this auntie gave me ten yuan.

Jiang Yuting said, "Giving one or two yuan is enough as a token. Giving so much is too extravagant."

Su Jinru: "Children are happy during the New Year; it's the only time they look forward to it all year."

Su Jinru was unsure how much money to give her three nephews in red envelopes. Yuan Wenjie suggested that five to ten yuan would be fine, since they would also give red envelopes to An Xin and An Ran. If she gave too little, it would be inappropriate, and if she gave too much, it would increase their psychological burden.

So after much deliberation, Su Jinru gave each child a ten-yuan red envelope.

Su Jinru usually gives An Xin and An Ran five yuan as New Year's money, which is considered the highest in the area.

The three children were naturally overjoyed! This was the most New Year's money they had ever received in all these years, so they turned around and ran out to buy firecrackers.

Mr. Luo and his two sons talked with Yuan Wenjie about many work-related matters.

Jiang Yuting chatted with her three daughters-in-law about everyday matters and planned what dishes to cook for the New Year's Eve dinner the next day.

They chatted until very late before Yuan Wenjie took Su Jinru back to the military region's guesthouse.

The room was warm and cozy, but the wind outside was biting cold.

Yuan Wenjie glanced at the sky.

"The weather forecast says it will snow tonight, and I think it will not only snow, but it will snow heavily."

Su Jinru asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

"Feel!"

"The two children have never seen heavy snow before, especially the kind of snow that blankets everything in a blanket of white. They would be very happy if it really snowed heavily."

They returned to the guesthouse, where both children were already asleep.

They have very regular schedules, going to bed and waking up on time.

This was a habit that Su Jinru had deliberately instilled in them over the years, because only when they were asleep could Su Jinru enter the space and do her own things with peace of mind.

Thankfully, the room had heating, and it was nice and cozy when I got back.

After the two finished washing up, just as they were about to go to sleep, Yuan Wenjie glanced out the window.

“It’s really snowing.”

Su Jinru rushed to the window and looked outside.

Indeed, large snowflakes were silently falling from the sky.

"Go to sleep! With such heavy snow, the children can go play in the snow as they wish tomorrow morning."

For some reason, Su Jinru couldn't fall asleep that night.

After being reborn, she knew that this life would definitely be better than the last.

Especially with the added benefit of space, it would be outrageous if things didn't go well.

Her ideal of a good life is simply having enough to eat and wear, not being mentally drained, not being bothered or burdened by irrelevant people, and having her children grow up healthy and happy.

She has all of these.

But she never expected to remarry, let alone meet a man like Yuan Wenjie who truly understands, loves, and treats her well.

When Su Jinru learned that Yuan Wenjie was an orphan, she felt particularly sorry for him.

But when she visited Yuan Wenjie's adoptive parents' home, she saw the relaxed, comfortable, and loving family that Yuan Wenjie's adoptive parents were like. She felt that Yuan Wenjie was lucky to be adopted by such a family.

Before Su Jinru met Yuan Wenjie, her life was much better than in her previous life. The only drawback was that people would bring up her divorce from time to time.

Since marrying Yuan Wenjie, every day has been sweet.

Sometimes she feels dazed and afraid, afraid that this happiness will disappear.

Because she had been so harshly rejected before, she felt deeply unworthy. She was afraid of not being able to hold onto this happiness, afraid that it was just an illusion.

After all, her current life is something she never dared to dream of.

Thinking of this, she felt sorry for her past self, who was neglected, ignored, and buried for a lifetime simply because she met the wrong person.

With Yuan Wenjie's encouragement and companionship, she gradually regained her lost self.

After glancing at the sleeping Yuan Wenjie, Su Jinru quietly got up, dressed, and tiptoed out of the room.

Outside, in the darkness of night, snowflakes fell heavily and thickly.

It was both quiet and bustling, quite a spectacular sight.

Su Jinru recalled a quote from an author named Mu Xin.

I am a person in the dark of night, amidst a heavy snowfall.

No wonder he's a renowned writer! His words are so touching.

At that moment, she deeply understood the profound beauty of that sentence.

Su Jinru stretched out her hand, and snowflakes landed in her palm, melting instantly and leaving a cool sensation. Then more snowflakes fell onto her hand.

She now knew why it was called a snowflake: snowflakes have the shape of flower petals, are crystal clear, and are extremely beautiful.

Snowflakes fluttered down and landed on her hair and clothes.

She was completely unaware, lost in thought and immersed in the magnificent snowfall.

A warm, large hand grasped her cold hand.

"Fool, standing in the snow is like getting caught in the rain. What if you catch a cold?"

Yuan Wenjie pulled Su Jinru into the room while brushing the snow off her.

"Why are you out in the snow in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? How could you be so reckless?"

Upon entering the room, a warm atmosphere greeted me.

"It's the first time I've seen such heavy snow, so I was just curious!" she explained.

"It will snow every day for the next few days, until you get tired of it!"

As Yuan Wenjie spoke, he covered her hands with his hands.

Su Jinru felt a little guilty when she saw him barefoot in slippers.

"I'm sorry! I disturbed your sleep."

"What's the big deal? We used to get up in the middle of the night to carry out missions, and no matter how cold the weather or how strong the wind and snow, it couldn't stop us."

"Did you find out as soon as I woke up?"